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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Having read all four episodes, you now know that 2004 was the final model year for the Diamante in North America, and that only 4,379 examples were sold here that year. There was a time when Mitsubishi dealers in North America offered just about every kind of car and light truck for sale. The engine is a 3.5-liter

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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Pontiac GTO

The Truth About Cars

The mid-Aughts Pontiac GTO was a pretty fun car even in stock form -- I drove more than a few during my time as a front-desk service grunt at a BPG dealer -- and today we feature a modified 2004 Pontiac GTO that's presumably even more fun, thanks to modifications.

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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Volkswagen Beetle

The Truth About Cars

This Chicago-based 2004 Volkswagen Beetle convertible is a bit different from our usual pickings. The only apparent modification is a dealer-installed CD changer in the armrest. There are 124,000 miles on the clock of this automatic-transmission car and it is a GLS trim. It appears to be pretty stock, with the 1.8T

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Stellantis Cancels Ram 1500 Classic in Canada, America Next?

The Truth About Cars

For starters, mention of the truck for a 2024 model year has never been part of the brand’s build-and-price tool in that country, despite dealers in the area having the things parked cheek-to-jowl on their lots. After all, Ford did something similar with the F-150 way back in 2004 when that model was extensively redesigned.

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NHTSA announces follow-up recall of 2.12 million cars and SUVs over TRW airbag defects

Green Car Congress

million Acura, Dodge, Jeep, Honda, Pontiac, and Toyota vehicles from model years 2002 to 2004 for a defect that may cause airbags to deploy inadvertently. This is unfortunately a complicated issue for consumers, who may have to return to their dealer more than once.

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Toyota announces voluntary safety recalls of approx. 670K Prius vehicles in US

Green Car Congress

TMS), will conduct two safety recalls involving some MY 2004—2009 Prius vehicles; approximately 670,000 Prius vehicles are being recalled in the United States to inspect and in some cases replace the steering intermediate extension shaft. The inspection and repair will take approximately one hour depending on the dealer’s work schedule.

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Sanyo Supplying Li-ion Batteries for Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid

Green Car Congress

The new model will serve as a demonstration experiment and the experiment will be implemented at Suzuki dealers from this autumn. Sanyo has been supplying nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to Honda and Ford since 2004.